10 thoughts on “Andrea”

been talking to the old folks around town, the die hards that have been through many a season, and none of them have the foreboding feeling of bad things to come over the next 6 months – whether or not this will prove accurate has yet to be determined

I realize that since I no longer live in a danger zone for hurricanes my advice may be suspect, but the season is what it is. When it comes down to points, there is more profit in being prepared and having a plan to deal with it should it happen than there is in worrying. Having a plan and going through the process of executing it really helped me to work through the anxiety of Katrina and to stay focused on achieving one goal at a time…whether it was boarding up the house, getting out of town, or re-settling the kids in school and home as quickly as possible to minimize the disruption in their lives, each goal helped me to affirm myself and focus on what positives were around me.

Let your previous experience wisen you to be ready to deal with it again. It’s going to be a concern every single year you live below sea-level or near the coast.

If nothing else, Folks in SELA should have learned to be prepared and to have a plan.

Bob Breck (about the only weatherperson in this town worth streetcar fare) was stressing that the ocean temperatures including the gulf are no warmer than average, and does not even consider this a “tropical” system. His conspiracy theory was that the NWS named it simply to highlight the potential risk for the Atlantic coast.

Bob called the lower than normal season last year…make of it what you will.

Mr. Breck believes the National Weather Service was a little bit eager to name the storm considering the wind speeds barely made it to Trop Storm status and for a very short period of time. He speculated that it was done to “alert” the east coast of an overall Hurricane threat, nothing was said on any specific probability.

Oh, never mind. I belatedly realized that’s what you meant. Or I didn’t realize it so much, but unlike Jeffrey’s needing to have someone read his angel for him, I was told. It’s always better that I humiliate myself first, I guess.